Archive for March, 2009

Fire Station Meeting April 22nd

The Marathon Fire Department will hold an informational meeting on Wednesday April 22nd. The meeting will be held at the Marathon Fire Station at 7:00 PM. Anyone interested in learning more about this project is welcome to attend. A presentation of the proposed plans will be given as well as a breakdown of the cost.

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Stacy Courchaine

Stacy Courchaine’s new CD, Chain of Hearts is available for sale at Lees’ Hardware in Marathon. Proceeds from the sale will be split with half going to the new library project and half to the Marathon Fire Department.

Stacy will also be performing at the Reunion Weekend concert on April 10th. The concert will be held at the Marathon high school auditorium at 7:00 pm. For more information on Stacy Courchaine, please visit www.ourstage.com

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New Station Elevation

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A rendering of the proposed Marathon Fire Station has been accepted by the Marathon Public Property Committee.

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Chiefing 101 Recap

The purpose of this document is to recap the three day training session Paul Jaglinski and Craig Klumpyan attended in Appleton on February 20th-22nd, 2009 titled “Wisconsin State Fire Chief’s Association Chiefing 101.”

The seminar focused on a variety of leadership techniques and resource development tools.  The highlights included:

  • An effective communication seminar
  • A workshop on budgeting and finance
  • An update and tip workshop on DNR & FEMA grant writing
  • A Legislative overview
  • Contacts with fellow Fire departments and EMS departments
  • Contacts with Regional response teams and state assocations

The conference was held at the Raddison Paper Valley Hotel. We Attended a roundtable discussion that was a question and answer session with Edmund King from the Town of Neenah Fire department, Brad Liggett from the City of Beloit, and Randy Pickering from the City of Fitchburg. The knowled that these gentlemen provided was invaluable.

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